3. Are you pleased with the footage and your finished edit? Is it how you expected it to look? What works really well and what would you change?

Remake Music Video:


Amber and Ela - Misery Business SD from Latymermedia on Vimeo.



Footage - 

Overall I was pleased with our footage as we managed to film 23 set ups which did not require many takes each. The hand-held shots were particularly effective as they looked the most like the original music video. We also took several close-ups and mid-shots from different angles, which gave a better view of the stage and band. I didn't expect the costumes and set to look as professional as they did on camera. The shots in which the band interacted with each other were also effective and made the video more energetic.

If we had time to re-shoot, I would have filmed more takes of each set up to make sure we had shots for all the movements of the lead singer. Also, we noticed during editing that some of the shots were the wrong way round, and when we flipped them, the "RIOT" backdrop appeared the wrong way round.

Final Edit - 

I was also pleased with our final edit, as we managed to change the framing of shots so that they matched the original and grade them well. The solo of the main guitarist was the most effective as we synced her movements in time to the music and inverted the shots which worked well. Also, the lip-synch for Hayley looked realistic when we synced it to the music track.

Main guitarist solo footage:

However, some set ups were not filmed from the same angle as the original video, so it was difficult to find certain shots of our band. In hindsight, we could have filmed Hayley's exact movements so it would be easier to find shots when editing. If we had more time to spend on editing, I would have made sure the framing of shots was more accurate and graded individual shots better.

We did not film this shot of Hayley lifting her arms in the original video,

so we had to use a different take.

In terms of editing our remake video, I would have spent less time trying to find the best takes and focused more on effects and grading. Although, our final edit looked much better after grading and adding flashes, as this made it appear more fast-paced. The flash effects were added using the Luma Corrector which we had not used before.

Luma corrector on Premiere Pro: